It’s Tuesday morning in Israel. The day before, the main food security and nutrition analysis tool (Integrated Phase Classification, in which UN organizations participate) has revealed that half of the 2.3 million Gazans suffer from extreme lack of access to food and that famine in the north is “imminent.” In the rest of the world, the news receives notable attention. Here, the numerous news programs and current events, which take place from morning to late in the day, almost completely ignore it. Instead of images of desperate Palestinians lining up for food, Israelis get advice on how to deal with the emotional hungerwhere to buy the best Haman ears – a typical sweet during the Jewish holiday of Purim – or MasterChef ads.
As in most countries, television is the main source of information in Israel. Almost half of the population chooses it, according to official…
